Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam: In Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America, from the Years 1772 to 1777 ...University of Massachusetts Press, 1972 - 480 pages |
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Page 70
... head . It was no alleviation of the calamity to reflect , that all this waste of life and health had been hitherto to no purpose ; though some persons chose to report , that the whole was no more than a political scheme to have another ...
... head . It was no alleviation of the calamity to reflect , that all this waste of life and health had been hitherto to no purpose ; though some persons chose to report , that the whole was no more than a political scheme to have another ...
Page 96
... head of this monster , distant from me not above sixteen feet , moving its forked tongue , tongue , while its eyes , from their uncommon brightness , appeared to emit sparks of fire . I now , resting my piece upon a branch , for the ...
... head of this monster , distant from me not above sixteen feet , moving its forked tongue , tongue , while its eyes , from their uncommon brightness , appeared to emit sparks of fire . I now , resting my piece upon a branch , for the ...
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... head and neck . " The head of this animal is very large in proportion to its body , its ears almost form a semicircle , its eyes are large , and its mouth is armed with strong grinders and sharp tusks : it has six cutting teeth in each ...
... head and neck . " The head of this animal is very large in proportion to its body , its ears almost form a semicircle , its eyes are large , and its mouth is armed with strong grinders and sharp tusks : it has six cutting teeth in each ...
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amongst animal appearance arms arrived barge beautiful Berbice bird called camp canoe Captain cassava Chapter Charon Colonel Fourgeoud colour command Cormoetibo Creek Devil's Harwar Dutch enemy Europeans expence extremely feet fire fish forest fruit Governor Guiana hammocks hands head Hope hundred Indians inhabitants instantly Joanna kind La Rochelle leave Lolkens Madeira wine Magdenberg manner Marawina marched morning mouth mulatto musquitoes negro slaves negroes never night o'clock occasion officers orange colour ordered Oronoque Ouca Patamaca perfectly Pirica plantains plantation planters poor pounds sterling pounds weight present Quaco rangers rebel negroes received river Cottica river Surinam round rowed Savannah sent Seramica settlement ships shot sick situation slaves Society troops soldiers Somelsdyk species spot sugar tail thick town of Amsterdam town of Paramaribo tree vessels Wana Creek whole woods wound Zelandia